Price, not normally known for being shy, declined again today to tell me why he’s targeting Luna. The matter was discussed in closed session at last week’s Commissioners Court meeting and could be back on the agenda next week, he said.

Luna said he still doesn’t know what’s going on. “Neither Lauren nor Ron has expressed any concern to me,” he said.

John Wiley Price (right) has made a last-minute addition to tomorrow’s Dallas County Commissioners Court agenda, calling for the removal of Chris Luna (lower right) from embattled Parkland Memorial Hospital’s governing board.

Commissioners need “to discuss him and his conduct,” Price told me in a short interview this morning. He would not elaborate except to say that the discussion would take place in closed session. Translation: No reporters allowed.

County Judge Jim Foster, who appointed Luna to the volunteer post late last year, said Price hadn’t told him about any concerns. Luna declined to comment.

It isn’t clear whether Price has the three votes he needs. Commissioners Ken Mayfield and Mike Cantrell told me they weren’t aware of any concerns about Luna and didn’t know what Price was up to. I couldn’t reach Commissioner Maurine Dickey, a former chair of the Parkland board.

Michael Silhol (right), the general counsel for Parkland Memorial Hospital, has abruptly submitted his resignation.

The move comes at a particularly challenging time legally for the Dallas County taxpayer-supported hospital. As The News has reported, Parkland faces federal investigations of potential billing fraud, massive narcotics theft from its pharmacies and the death of a man who languished in the emergency room for more than 17 hours.

Dr. Ron Anderson, Parkland’s president and CEO, announced Silhol’s departure with an internal

Board member Chris Luna sent me this statement: “I have worked with dozens of general counsels. Michael was one of the best. He had a true passion for Parkland and its mission. His resignation will be a loss for the organization and he will be sorely missed.”